Mr Majeika and the Music Teacher (Mr Majeika, 8) - Softcover

Carpenter, Humphrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140321411 ISBN 13: 9780140321418

Publisher: Puffin, 1987

Synopsis

'Music teacher? What music teacher?'

The sudden arrival of a new music teacher throws St barty's School into confusion. Mysterious smells start coming from the staffroom and creepy-crawlies appear out of nowhere. The new arrival is, of course, Wilhelmina Worlock, a wicked witch with some nasty tricks.

It's up to Mr Majeika to try to outwit her...

About this title

About the Author:

Humphrey Carpenter worked at the BBC before becaming a full-time writer in 1975. He was the author of 14 of the well-loved Mr Majeika titles as well as two Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits titles for children. He was also the co-author, with his wife Mari Prichard, of The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. He was an eminent figure in the world of adult literature and published award-winning biographies including, among others, those of J. R. R Tolkein, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten and Spike Milligan. From 1994-1996 he directed the Cheltenham Festival of Literature and for many years he ran a young people's drama group, the Mushy Pea Theatre Company. He wrote plays for radio and theatre and was a regular contributor to the Guardian. Humphrey died in January 2005.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0140321411
• ISBN 13: 9780140321418
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96